The relationship between mental health disorders and substance use and integrated approaches.
Mental Health
The Intersection of Opioids and Suicide: A Prevention Approach
The latest event from the National Prevention Week Webinar Series will take place on October 25, 2018, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. EDT.
The discussion will explore the relationship between the opioid use, overdose and suicide, with the hope that it will create opportunities for those in the prevention field to implement more effective strategies.
Educational Packages for Opioid Use Disorders
The Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network has released a set of educational packages that can be used by professionals working with individuals with opioid disorders. Online booklets, which have been specially designed for peer...
2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium - Presentations
A number of presentations from the 2018 NDARC Annual Research Symposium, which was held on Monday, 8 October 2018, have been made available. The theme of the event was Clinical, community and policy responses to emerging problems in drug...
Internet-Delivered Drug and Alcohol Treatment
Study examining the link between cognitive functioning and treatment outcomes of an internet-delivered intervention
SPR 27th Annual Meeting - Call for Papers
SPR 27th ANNUAL MEETING May 28 – May 31, 2019 Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA CALLS NOW AVAILABLE: Papers, NIDA International Poster Session, Preconference Workshops, and "Brown Bag" SIGs Submission Deadline for ALL Calls...
Society for Social Work and Research Annual Conference
The Society for Social Work and Research will be hosting its 23rd annual conference between the 16th and 23rd of January 2019.
A Step‑Wise Community Engagement and Capacity Building Model Prior to Implementation of mhGAP‑IG in a Low and Middle‑Income Country
Abstract Background The World Health Organization developed the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) as guidelines for innovative utilization of available resources in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in...
Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Prenatal Opioid and other Substance Exposure on Brain and Behavioral Development
An expert panel meeting will be held on the 22nd of October 2018 to discuss the design of a recent piece of longitudinal research examining the impact of substance exposure on pre- and postnatal neural development. It will also discuss the relationship between pre- natal substance exposure and subsequent risk of mental illness and substance use, and the impact upon levels of social, behavioral and academic achievement.